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Originally Posted by Evinrude
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Originally Posted by flood
it depends on how much you open the left door
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that's right...heaven forbid you stop to take a 15 min break,or call for directions, check your equipment, get some fuel, snow storm's , got in traffic jams, get pulled over for a level 1 inspection or broken down...etc.
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who pi$$ed in your wheaties today.....? i stand by my statement the driver keeping the left door closed will up your avg. speed, i didn't say not to do the above BUT you also don't need to stop every hour and take a break either.
chicago heights, il. to west sacramento, ca. (fedex) stopping for breaks, fueling, driver changes, hasmat tire checks, 2056 miles and we will do it in 41 hr's thats a 50 mph avg. and yes that did include a level 1 (utah port of entry) and a flat trailer tire on the side if the road at (point of rocks, wy) at 0300.
things like snow, ice, traffic jams you can't control BUT how offen you stop and how long you take a break you can control. most days in 12hr i have 10.5-10.75 on line 3 and she drivers the same way that is how we run 1100-1200 miles per day. if we want to goof off at a truck stop we do it later when we don't have a load.